X-Ray Astronomy in the Exosat Era: Proceedings of the XVIII ESLAB Sysmposium, held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 5–9 November 1984

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Magnetic Activity in Cool Stars....Pages 3-24
An Exosat Observation of the Morphology of the Coronal X-Ray Emission from Algol....Pages 25-33
Observation of an X-Ray Outburst and Quiescent Emission from the Rs CVn Binary HR1099....Pages 35-41
Exosat Observations of Late-Type Stars: The Application of Coronal Loop Models....Pages 43-49
X-Ray Observations of Active Chromosphere Stars....Pages 51-54
Exosat Observations of the Contact Binary VW Cephei....Pages 55-62
The Extremely X-Ray Bright Wolf-Rayet Star Hd193793....Pages 63-67
EXOSAT Observations of M Dwarfs....Pages 69-72
Exosat Observations of Active Stellar Coronae in the Cygnus Loop, T Tau & NGC 2264 Regions....Pages 73-78
X-Ray Emission from Isolated Hot White Dwarfs....Pages 79-90
X-Ray and Optical Variability at the Hour Timescale for 1E 0630+178 (Geminga) and its Proposed Optical Couterpart....Pages 91-97
X-Ray Emission from Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 99-115
Hard X-Ray Observations of the Eclipsing Binary EX Hydrae....Pages 117-120
2AO526-328: The White Dwarf Rotation Period Revealed....Pages 121-126
SS CYGNI in Outburst and Quiescence....Pages 127-133
Exosat/Optical, Observations of the AM Her Star H0139-68....Pages 135-138
X-Ray Variability of the Am Her Star CW1103+254....Pages 139-141
New Exosat Results from the Intermediate Polar V1223 SGR....Pages 143-149
X-Ray, Optical and UV Observations of the Am Her System E2003+225....Pages 151-155
X-Ray and Optical Observations of Nova Muscae 1983 during its Nebular Stage....Pages 156-156
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Discovery of a 25 Min Regular Modulation in the X-Ray Flux From 2S0l42+61....Pages 157-162
The Decay of Dwarf Nova Outbursts....Pages 163-166
The Structure of Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries....Pages 167-194
The Big Dipper: 4U624-49....Pages 195-200
Spectral Variability of Scorpius X-1, as Observed with Exosat....Pages 201-206
High and Medium Resolution Spectroscopy of the X-Ray Transient 4U1543-47....Pages 207-212
An Investigation into the Nature of the 4.4 HR Periodic Source 4U1755-33....Pages 213-217
An IR, Optical and X-Ray Study of the Two State Behaviour of GX 339-4....Pages 219-224
An Exosat Observation of the Peculiar X-Ray Binary 2S 0921-630 During Optical Eclipse....Pages 225-228
LHG 83: Another Outstanding X-Ray Binary in the LMC....Pages 229-232
Exosat Medium Energy Observations of Cyg X-2....Pages 233-238
CCD Photometry of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: LMCX-2, 1556–60 and 1957+11....Pages 239-243
On Maximum Luminosities of X-Ray Bursts....Pages 245-248
Coordinated Optical-Exosat-Tenma Observations of a Burst from 2S1636-536....Pages 249-253
Exosat and Optical Observations of the X-Ray Burst Source 4U/MXB1636-53....Pages 255-262
Exosat Observations of Bursts from 2S1636-536: Burst Morphology....Pages 263-268
The Quiescent Spectrum of 2S1636-536....Pages 269-273
Exosat Results on the X-Ray Burster 2S1254-690....Pages 275-279
Coordinated Exosat and Optical Observations of the X-Ray Burster 4U1735-44....Pages 281-286
First Detection of an X-Ray Burst and a One Hour Intensity Dip in 4U1323-62....Pages 287-291
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Detection of Iron Lines in the Persistent Emission of Some X-Ray Burst Sources Observed by Exosat....Pages 293-296
The Variable Iron Line in Cygnus X-3....Pages 297-304
Long Term Observations of CYG X-3 with Vela 5B....Pages 305-311
Cyg X-3 Not Seen at High-Energy Gamma Rays....Pages 313-316
Tenma Observations of Bright Binary X-Ray Sources....Pages 317-338
Temporal Intensity Fluctuations of Her X-1 Around 100 Sec Time Scales....Pages 339-345
35 Day Cycle and the Rotation Period of Her X-1....Pages 347-353
Exosat Observations of the Iron Line Emission of Her X-1 During a 35 Day Cycle....Pages 355-360
Spectra and Time Variability of GX 5–1....Pages 361-365
Exosat Observations of the Bright X- Ray Source Gx9+1....Pages 367-370
LMC X-4: 13.5 Pulsations and an X-Ray Flare Observed by Exosat....Pages 371-377
LMC X-4, AO538-66 and Surrounding X-Ray Sources Observed with Exosat....Pages 379-382
The Discovery of Low-Level Iron Line Emission From Cyg X-1....Pages 383-386
Study of Rapid Variability in Cygnus X-1....Pages 387-390
The Spectral and Temporal Variability of the X-Ray Transient 4U1630-47....Pages 391-398
Intermittent Stellar Wind Accretion in Pop. I Binary Systems Containing An X-Ray Pulsar....Pages 399-407
Be/Neutron Star Binaries: Orbital and Spin Periods....Pages 409-413
The Long Term Variability of 4U 1258-61 (GX304-1)....Pages 415-419
Observation of X-Ray Spectrum of GX301-2....Pages 421-428
Exosat Observations of the X-Ray Pulsar 4U1145-619....Pages 429-432
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A High Quality Low State Observation of CIR X-1....Pages 433-436
A New View of the Galactic Plane with Exosat....Pages 437-441
Optical Identifications of Faint X-Ray Sources: New CCD Candidates for 0918-549, 1822-000 and 1905+000....Pages 443-445
Galactic Supernova Remnants....Pages 447-465
X-Ray Spectrum of the Tycho SNR Observed with Exosat....Pages 467-474
Exosat PSD and CMA Observations of the SNR PKS 1209-52....Pages 475-480
Mapping of the Cygnus Loop with Exosat....Pages 481-485
Exosat LE-CMA Observations of the Vela Supernova Remnant....Pages 487-493
Some Crucial X-Ray Observations — One or Two SNR(s) in Crux?....Pages 495-501
Soft X-Ray Emission from Radio Loops I and III Compared....Pages 503-506
Synchrotron Nebulae....Pages 507-512
2–10 keV Spectra of Crab-Like SNR’s as Observed by Exosat....Pages 513-519
Spectral Observation of the Composite Supernova Remnant G 29.7 – 0.3....Pages 521-526
Thermal Radiation from a Radio Pulsar PSR 1055-52....Pages 527-529
Extragalactic Supernova Remnants....Pages 531-548
The X-Ray Halo of Cygnus X-1....Pages 549-555
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
X-Ray Timing and Spectral Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 559-584
The Soft X-Ray Spectrum of NGC 4151....Pages 585-591
Simultaneous Exosat-IUE Observations of NGC 4151....Pages 593-596
EXOSAT Observations of the BL Lac Object MKN 421....Pages 597-600
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
X-Ray Variability of the Bright BL LAC Object PKS 2155-304....Pages 601-606
Variability of BL LAC Objects at X-RAY and Other Frequencies....Pages 607-612
H0323+022: Classification as a BL LAC and Exosat Coordinated Obsermations....Pages 613-617
MR2251-178: Preliminary Results of an X-Ray Monitoring Programme....Pages 619-622
X-Ray Spectral Variability of 3C273....Pages 623-626
EXOSAT Observation of the QSO Galaxy Pair 1E0104.2+3153....Pages 627-631
EXOSAT Spectra of Some Bright QSO’S....Pages 633-636
The X-ray and Optical Variability of the BLRG 3C390.3....Pages 637-641
An X-Ray Study of M51 (NGC 5194) and its Companion (NGC 5195)....Pages 643-646
Optical Observations of Serendipitous Exosat Sources in the Coma Cluster....Pages 647-652
X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 653-660
EXOSAT 2-10 keV Observations of M87 and the Virgo Cluster....Pages 661-668
Abell 1367 and 1060 Observed with EXOSAT....Pages 669-673
EXOSAT Observations of NGC 1399 and NGC 1404: Two Elliptical Galaxies in the Center of the Fornax Cluster....Pages 675-679
Spectral Constraints on Models of Gas in Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 681-688
Galaxy Clusters: The Missing Mass in Stars....Pages 689-692
Exosat and Einstein High Resolution Images of the Small Magellanic Cloud....Pages 693-699
X-Ray Scattering by Intergalactic Dust....Pages 701-704
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
The Broad Band X-Ray Telescope....Pages 707-714
Possibilities of Investigation of X-Ray Sources on Archival Plates....Pages 715-720
Back Matter....Pages 721-733